Listen to Their Endless Chatter Now So They’ll Talk to You as Tweens and Teens
I’m a talker. I’m a spill-the-beans, over-sharing, rambling on about my latest fascination chatterbox. I love words, and so do…
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I’m a talker. I’m a spill-the-beans, over-sharing, rambling on about my latest fascination chatterbox. I love words, and so do…
Continue ReadingWhen I hold you, I will try to remember your tiny arms and tiny legs wrapped securely around me. When…
Continue ReadingWhen my tween son asked to go to sleep away camp, I supported his decision and his quest for independence,…
Continue ReadingAnother quiet Saturday morning. The week flew by in a haze of kids’ sports practices, basketball games, last-minute grocery store…
Continue ReadingDear daughter, Don't rush. You were born in a brightly lit room, surrounded by a flurry of activity. You were…
Continue ReadingMy son is at an age where he couldn’t care less about personal grooming, his un-selfconsciousness both admirable and aggravating…
Continue ReadingDear daughter: I've heard it from you a thousand times when you don't get your way. You yell it when…
Continue ReadingMy son, you are 12 years old. You are a young boy in the last days before you become a…
Continue ReadingThe true measure of a mother’s love is her willingness to wake up before the sun on vacation. On a…
Continue Reading“Mom, can I have a phone?” “Mom, why won't you let me shave my legs?” “Mom, when can I wear…
Continue ReadingMillions of tween and teenage girls have read Judy Blume's coming-of-age classic, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret since…
Continue ReadingFrom the day she was born, I knew we had a firecracker on our hands. I tell people that the…
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